TEACHER BURNOUT IN ESL TEACHERS: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS AND STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THE ISSUE

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to identify the factors which lead to ESL teachers’ burnout, the consequences of this burnout in educators’ mental and physical well-being as well as strategies to prevent the occurrence of burnout in different educational settings. There are already numerous teachers at schools and universities who have bad work-life balance and suffering from symptoms of job burnout unconsciously. Therefore, this study aims to provide some strategies to diminish the adverse effects of burnout that teachers are experiencing at present. It also intends to raise teachers’ awareness on this matter by providing methods to make them immune to this syndrome.